November 2nd 2015 MST
On Wednesday evening the young French star Gaëlle Solal appears in recital at Cal State Fullerton, and she'll offer two Master Classes, both free to auditors, one at CSUF earlier that afternoon and another at USC on Thursday afternoon. Then Olivia Chiang will perform twice at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, once alone on Thursday evening and again together with Rafael Elizondo on Sunday afternoon. And on Saturday evening (geographically a bit farther afield than usual) John Schneiderman will appear in Muri ...Continue Reading
October 25th 2015 MST
There are three events on this week's schedule, beginning Wednesday evening with the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society's monthly meeting in Camarillo, free as always, and featuring guest artists David Grimes and Gregory Newton. On Thursday at noon the world renown lutenist Paul O'Dette offers a Master Class at USC, free to auditors, and on Friday the French-born star Thomas Viloteau appears in recital at Cal State Northridge. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http:/ ...Continue Reading
October 18th 2015 MST
Another busy week with the first event on Monday morning, a Master Class by Paul Galbraith in El Cajon, free to auditors, it's always a delight and an education to listen to Galbraith either perform or teach. Then there's a free recital in LA on Monday evening by the Italian Vito Nicola Paradiso, and another on Tuesday in Pasadena featuring the wonderful Martha Masters appearing with the fingerstyle virtuoso Richard Smith, it's free but reservations are required. And there are two events on Saturday evening when the Los ...Continue Reading
October 12th 2015 MST
This Saturday is the Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting at Chapman, a Members' Showcase - come to hear and mingle with your fellow members, and to make sure your membership is up to date. The program is full, but you can reserve a slot to perform at our next Showcase on January 16th by contacting our Showcase Director James Chiang. There are two events on Thursday evening, when Olivia Chiang performs the Adagio from Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" as guest soloist with the Walnut High Symphony Or ...Continue Reading
October 6th 2015 MST
A valuable Humphrey guitar was stolen in Manhattan Beach on Friday, in case anyone has any information there are details here: http://www.ocgc.org/links/MissingGuitar.pdf Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To cancel or change your subscription visit the following URL: ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2015 MST
Just one event this week on Saturday evening, when Robert Mayeur conducts a performance by the AGS Guitar Orchestra in Valley Glen. And the Orange County Guitar Circle has just received a welcome donation of a number of copies of "The Rosette" and concert programs from the early seventies. I've been meaning for a while to ask anyone who has any documents from the early days of our organization to please let us know, we'd love to have them for our archives, or at least have an opportunity to scan them. Thing ...Continue Reading
September 28th 2015 MST
Our first event this week is at noon on Tuesday with a Master Class at USC (free to auditors) by the brilliant Jason Vieaux (who just won a Grammy for his most recent CD), followed on Wednesday evening by the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society's free monthly meeting featuring guest artist Perfecto DeCastro. Then we have three events on Saturday evening, the American Guitar Society's monthly meeting in Valley Glen, Eric Henderson with a recital at Biola University in La Mirada, and Richard Savino offering a recital ...Continue Reading
September 13th 2015 MST
The Orange County Guitar Circle's monthly meeting will be held this Saturday at Chapman and will feature the phenomenal young Russian star Irina Kulikova. This is a must-see event, and a great time to ensure that your membership is up to date. There's one other event that same evening in Corona, when Lee Zimmer (guitar) and Patrick Gutman (piano) offer a recital in a benefit event for the "Kids Rock Free" education program. Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: htt ...Continue Reading
August 31st 2015 MST
The Trio Camino are performing tonight (Monday) in a free recital at the Cerritos Public Library. This trio consists of David Grimes and Greg Newton, who have been performing together for over two decades, and joined more recently by Michael Nigro - a very fine group of musicians! Things change fast, always check the SoCal Classical Guitar Events Schedule at: http://www.ocgc.org/pages/SoCalEvents.htm Cheers, George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading
August 19th 2015 MST
Just one event this Saturday evening at the Fret House in Covina, a recital featuring our own Olivia Chiang and and the Mexican virtuoso Rafael Elizondo. The Fret House offers weekly guitar concerts throughout the year covering a wide range of genres, this is one of their occasional classical offerings. Also, two regional guitar ensembles are currently looking to recruit more members, one is the Irvine Valley College Guitar Ensemble under the direction of John Schneiderman, they meet Tuesday nights at Beckman High Sch ...Continue Reading
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